Abstracts collector

1.Creating a source section

To create a source section, create a new category with the following parameters:

For the „sammler_htms_datei“ enter the path without the base path htms-file an, for example index.htms or /aktuelles/index.htms

2. Creating a target section

For the „sammler_htms_datei“ enter the path without the base path htms-file an, for example index.htms, or /studium/index.htms

3. Create a new document with abstract collections

Create a new document with the ending ".htms" in the target section. (This file is a template of the collector ([file name] .html).The actual page with the teasers is only generated when the article is created and the page is updated.)

Add the module "Abstract collector" to the new document. At"Collection path", enter the path without the base path in which the articles for the collector (at this example the source section) are saved, here "Handbuch / news / 2021".

Verhalten des Sammlers: Should usually be left at "Collect abstracts"(„Sammeln der Kurzfassungen“). Alternatively, "Collect links only" („Nur Links sammeln“) can be used here to create simple link lists.

Reihenfolge der Dokumente: The criterion according to which the list is sorted. The basis is the sorting pattern in the documents (see below). Selectable options are lexical ascending/descending, numerical ascending/descending, creation and modification date as well as file name or document title.

Filter für Auswahlmuster: If the collector should have a keyword system, one or more keywords should be entered here, according to which the collection is to be sorted out later. It is advisable to choose short keywords that are as catchy as possible and to record them in a documentation.

Maximale Anzahl der Teaser: If the collector is not to display any number of abstracts, but only a fixed number, a corresponding number can be entered here.

Andere Sammler beachten: Normally not to be ticked. If a collected document is edited but the abstract remains unchanged, e.g. because only a typo in the main text of the page is corrected, this checkbox is useful.

Altersbeschränkung: No documents older than the specified date are collected.

4. Create a new article/contact page

To create a new article for the abstracts collector, create a new document with the extension ".html" in the source rubric, as usual, and design it. Attention, these documents must not be called index.html!
Then, in the abstract section, add a "Abstract entry" ("Kurzfassungseintrag") to this document using the drop-down button (at the very bottom).
In it, you specify accordingly which information should ultimately appear on the page with the abstracts/teasers.

The summary entries themselves are to be edited as in the flex module "Newsbox / Fieldset-Kasten" (new layout) or "Umflossene box" or "Erzwungener Umbruch nach Bild" (old layout). As a rule of thumb, they should not exceed three lines in the text part.

If you want to create a contact page to be collected by the abstracts collector, follow the same steps. Insert the flex module "Kontaktdaten" into the document instead of the short entry module.

Attention: The module contact data ("Kontaktdaten") must be added in the short form area (at the very bottom).

The "Kontaktdaten" module for the collector is to be treated in the same way as the already known "Kontaktdaten" module.

Enter the sorting pattern:

The default sorting pattern is to be entered here. It is advisable to differentiate depending on the case.

Experience has shown that the following are suitable:

For news: Sorting pattern in date format (e.g. 05.08.2012: 20120805), with collector options set to "Numerisch absteigend". In this way, the most recent news item is always the top one. It only becomes problematic if there are several entries on the same day. In this case, it would be possible to work with an ascending number at the end.
For lists of persons: Sorting pattern in the format or with identical names (e.g. Klaus Müller: mueller.klaus), with the collector options set to "Lexikalisch aufsteigend". Thus the list begins with the surname A and ends with Z.
Entering the selection pattern: Keywords by which the document can be identified by the template are to be entered here. It is important here that the keywords correspond to those given in the pages with abstract entries (keep documentation on this if necessary).
Do not rewrite the collector pages: Normally not to be ticked.

When you have completed and released/published the document, the collector file is automatically updated and the abstract entry is displayed.

Edit existing articles

If you want to edit the individual articles, the easiest way is to call up the overview page on the development system (so instead of https://www.uni-muenster.de/... write https://imperia.uni-muenster.de/...). There, each article can be called up and edited via there quick edit link.

View of the overview page in the development system:

If  you edit this page using the usual button in the Quick Edit bar instead, you will be taken to the document you have created in which you have incorporated the short form collector.